Max Zwerbach

Max "Kid Twist" Zweifach (14 March 1884-14 May 1908), later known as Max Zwerbach, was the leader of the Eastman Gang of New York City from 1904 to 1908, succeeding Monk Eastman and preceding Jack Zelig.

Biography
Max Zweifach was born in Austria-Hungary on 14 March 1884 to an Austrian-Jewish father and an Italian mother, and his family moved to New York City when he was just two years old to avoid anti-Semitic pogroms. Zweifach, now known as "Zwerbach", became a thief and criminal as a member of Monk Eastman's gang, and he led the Eastman Gang after Eastman's 1904 arrest. Zwerbach was involved in forgery, mass extortion, and election fraud, supporting the US Republican Party. Zwerbach became known as a feared Lower East Side gangster and a ladies' man, and he had a relationship with the girlfriend of Louis Pioggi. On 14 May 1908, Pioggi and some Five Points Gang members shot Zwerbach dead at an Italian cafe, shooting him behind the ear as he took part in a double date.